PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 359
OCTOBER 1982
Dear Editor,
Many of our
OH-58A IC
aircraft had to be repaired because the fuel fiLer cap
was "dropped± during refue²ng. The Cap, swinging on the long wire rope, hit
the honeycomb panel with enough force to puncture it.
No more! Not after we removed³ the wire rope from inside the fuelfiLer neCk,
shortened a new´one, and loCated it on the outside of the birdµ
We instaLed the new cable in less than an hour, ²ke so¶
D
Drill hole
f
ROund oft co±ne±s
I
Remove connecTo±
d
Remove plasTic coaT
i
InsTall connecTor
±²
²nserT wi±e ThroUgh
boTTom of cAp lever
F
²nserT wire inTo
connecTo±
³l
1
+j
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.± 1²t>
New washers
NSN
5310-
00-±87²2354
washe±s
0
µ
³!´s"
d±i1
E
Crimp connecTor
¶
CUT off excess
L
ReMove screw
·
InsTall washers and
cable
·
³o´oµ
m
¸
±eMove plasT¶c
.
Remove plasTic coaT '
3µ
.
.
NSN
40¶0-0·-475¸9058
wire ±ope asseMbly
Relocating the wire rope also prevents foreign object damage caused By
fraying of the plastic and metal during Closed cIrcuit refueling¶
±
;:²
STurdier STanD
Your aircraft engine
"L³
stand will
sag under the increased weight of
·newer engines, giving you interfer-
ence with the frame as you rotate the
engine to pull mainteNance. Beef up
engine
stand,
NSN
¹º»¼½¼¼¾»6¿À
¼Á»º,
witH
improvements
rec±
ommended by the head hangar² Get
the details by_ writing to:
Commander
US Army Troop support and
AviatIon Mater±el ReadINe²²
Command
ATT³
:
DRSTS-MEG
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GoodfelLow Blvd
St. ´oµI², MO
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